Protestors blocked roads Tuesday in Beddawi, Tripoli with trucks to object against an unprecedented LBP collapse, worsening inflation and people’s despair.

Later in the day, demonstrators blocked the Khalde highway that links Beirut to the South and the vital Corniche al-Mazraa road in the capital.

President Michel Aoun said Tuesday that he “supports calling for a Cabinet session, even if it gets boycotted.”

“The (government’s) paralysis cannot persist,” Aoun said in a meeting with the editors’ syndicate. “There are matters that need to be addressed.”

The promised French-Saudi aid for Lebanon will not be delivered through Lebanese state institutions, French Ambassador to Lebanon Anne Grillo said in an interview overnight.

“This is a condition that has been made by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,” Grillo added.

UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Stefano Del Col has chaired a Tripartite meeting with senior Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and Israeli army officers in Ras Al Naqoura.

"In his remarks, Major General Del Col reflected on developments in UNIFIL’s area of operations over the past twelve months, including serious incidents along the Blue Line, air space violations and breaches of the cessation of hostilities," UNIFIL said in a press release.

British Ambassador to Lebanon Ian Collard and Minister of Interior Bassam al-Mawlawi have held a joint visit to the newly established Northern Command and Control Center (NLCCC), funded by the UK’s Conflict, Security and Stability Fund.

"As part of our continuing support to the Lebanese Internal Security Forces (ISF), and within the framework of the joint MOU signed in April 2021, British Ambassador to Lebanon Ian Collard and Minister of Interior Judge Bassam al-Mawlawi held a joint visit to the newly established Northern Command and Control Center (NLCCC), accompanied by General Marwan Sleilati, representing ISF Director General Imad Otyman, and representatives from across security institutions," the UK embassy said in a press release.

Prime Minister Najib Miqati on Monday told French presidential envoy Pierre Duquesne that “the contacts are still ongoing to resume Cabinet sessions, especially that the upcoming period requires holding intensive Cabinet sessions to take decision on numerous files.”

Miqati, however, noted that “calling for a Cabinet session without securing the appropriate circumstances might lead to further political tensions and might complicate the solutions.”

President Michel Aoun lamented Monday that “the continued failure to hold Cabinet sessions has paralyzed the various aspects of governmental work,” while also decrying the “obstruction of the judiciary’s work.”

“There is an urgent need to hold a Cabinet session, especially that a lot of issues have accumulated and require decisions from the government,” Aoun added, in a meeting with a delegation from the Tripoli Bar Association.

The Lebanese currency continued its decline on the black market Monday, with an unprecedented rate exceeding 26,000 against the dollar.

The pound had been pegged -- and officially still is -- to the dollar since 1997 at a rate of 1,500.

French presidential envoy Pierre Duquesne held talks Monday at the Grand Serail with Prime Minister Najib Miqati.

Media reports said Duquesne aims to “explore Lebanon’s needs and inquire about what the Lebanese government has accomplished as to the promised reforms.”

A session to interrogate ex-MP Fares Soaid was postponed Monday, due to a strike by judicial assistants.

The session was scheduled for today after Hizbullah filed a lawsuit against Soaid, because of a tweet that Hizbullah said “stirred sectarian sentiments and civil war.”